It was reported to the American Library Association's Office for Intellectual Freedom that in 1997 a school superintendent in Marysville, California removed Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger to "get it out of the way so that we didn't have that polarization over a book." Discuss how "polarization" can lead to healthy discussion. How does listening to all opinions promote the principles of intellectual freedom?
Being a Phony or a Conformist?
It was reported to the American Library Association's Office for Intellectual Freedom that in 1997 a school superintendent in Marysville, California removed Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger to "get it out of the way so that we didn't have that polarization over a book." Discuss how "polarization" can lead to healthy discussion. How does listening to all opinions promote the principles of intellectual freedom?
Holden's New York...an interactive map here
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Robert Burns Comin' Thro' the Rye
Articles about Catcher in the Rye
http://www.usatoday.com/travel/destinations/2007-11-21-catcher-in-the-rye-nyc_N.htm
Cultural References...